The Silent Z
Just Here
Ezekiel & Arnaldus Smith
The pair of Smith boys had been going back and forth since Ezekiel had tracked Arnaldus and follows his steps as the young man walked about the woods and grew further from the cave as time went on. All the while Ezekiel had been successful in coaxing and distracting his brother to get him back to the cave and keep him from losing himself further within the depths of his mind and doubting, sulking and whatever else ran through. It was a common side of Arnaldus and while Ezekiel was against him bottling up and controlling emotions like he always had, he didn't want his brother to explode and lose it like that. Let loose sure.... but that was tough to watch and his brother seemed far different then he had ever seen him before. As the pair made their way back and Arnaldus realized what his brother had been doing giving a smirk and shake of his head. "Brilliant, just brilliant. This whole deal was just to occupy me from seeing through your tactic?" Arnaldus thought to himself as he turned and walked toward the cave with Ezekiel. Then came a voice neither Smith had expected..... No. it couldn't possibly be the voice of a dead woman, yet there it was and then logan shouted revealing it was truly Iggy then mentioned James and Victoria having all the fun. James?! Iggy?! Victoria and having fun?! How is that possible? They were publicly executed and Victoria confirmed it in reminding Arnaldus about it. Was this a sick ploy on the part of the ministry? Did they really think so low of them as to think this tactic would work? No. not even the ministry would try a elaborate, risky and difficult task to pull off something like this and even with the losses the Order has on record. They also had victories against the ministry long ago. Arnaldus and Ezekiel both rushed up toward the cave........
Climbing up the small hill and toward the cave with rushed cold breath. Arnaldus and Ezekiel hit the cave entry quickly and came to a screeching halt with disbelief striking there faces as they shockingly looked upon Iggy and then shifted to Logan and back toward Iggy. Was this real? Seriously and truly real? Iggy was alive? Arnaldus couldn't believe it. Everything he knew and thought was real came into further question as he was frozen with shock, meanwhile Ezekiel struck Iggy with a hug and tightly squeezed but relented with a soft chuckle and big smile hitting his face. "Iggy! Damn your a sight for these eyes." Ezekiel spoke and gave his brother a tap and nudge as he looked toward Iggy with a clear and genuine smile. "Bro! Its Iggy and alive. Come on! Can't you see her?" Ezekiel continued trying to reassure his brother and joke of his sight. While knowing well his current state of mind and how this could help it or hopefully so. "How.... how is this possible? You died, James died and it was publicly done." Arnaldus questioned still trying to grasp it, still trying to put the pieces of his mind together and see through the doubt to achieve the happiness of being wrong about their known dead status and being able to see them again and in reality. It was simply difficult for him at the moment to believe what his eyes were telling him were real, what Logan and Ezekiel confirmed in respective order.
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